Confirmed Signing with Link: [LAK] Cal Petersen signs extension with the Kings (3 years, $5M AAV)

[Tuggy]

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[BonMorrison]

lmao tf

 

[The Burdened]

he's 26 and has 50 starts and 19 career wins....... that gets 5m a YEAR?!!!!!!.
what the f***.

absolute lunacy

 

[SatanicToedrag]

What. I don't follow the Kings that closely but isn't he as green behind the ears as the True Detective killer?

 

[Magic Mittens]

That seems like a lot of money for Peterson

 

[Tuggy]

lmao tf

I thought it had to be a typo when I first read it but nope...

 

[PriceIsGod]

Dude better give his agent a raise

 

[Rebels57]

GM's have lost their minds this offseason.

Cal has Columbus and Merzlikins to thank for this contract.

 

[JTeller97]

4 million aav would've made more sense IMO, but I really think he's going to have a great year with how we bolstered our squad this offseason. He was in front of some pretty horrendous teams the past couple years and still looked good for the most part.

 

[JKG33]

Clearly nobody in this thread has seen him play. He's easily worth $5m. He's been very consistent on a very bad team

 

[unicornpig]

Maybe about a million over paid but whatever

 

[vancityluongo]

Regardless of if he is good going forward or not, that seems like a lot to pay for a goalie with very little track record and pretty limited pedigree.

 

[bsu]

woah

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Wtf? I guess the Ullmark contract looks better after seeing this..

 

[kilowatt]

This is definitely a pay-for-potential deal, but goalies cost more than they used to. Petersen just came off winning the best goaltender award at Worlds too. I think he's really underrated, but that's not to say he 100% definitely deserves $5 million. But I think he and the Kings will turn a lot of heads this year.

LA has $20 million in cap space next season after this deal.

 

[Gurglesons]

okay.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Saros, Demko, and Ullmark all got 5M. Those guys seem like a step up/more proven

 

[KingPuckChoo]

he's our #1 goalie lol

 

[Zats Muccarello]

what the f***

 

[Rorschach]

The funny thing is, the overall consensus is that this is too much by like a million/year. The Kings org will see this as saving 800k per year on the goalie position since Quick is making 5.8 mil and his deal will expire in 2023, assuming he doesn't retire first.

 

[KingsCourt]

love the non-kings fan reaction...question for you cats..do you guys even watch hockey...lmao!

Just for kicks, go look at Lehner twitter post...he put Cal as top five goalie in the league...not to say he is, but he's a very good goalie

 

[CraigsList]

I think some of you don’t know who Cal is because the Kings weren’t a playoff team. Just wait, you’ll see.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Judging by the reaction in here, the notion that nobody outside of the west watches the Kings appears to hold firm.

 

[bland]

He was unrestricted at the end of the year, its not as though they were negotiating with a RFA. Not going over three years is the biggest accomplishment. Nobody is pushing him from underneath and this is most likely Quick's last year in LA. You can't hope to make strides and have zero goaltending next year without spending similar money on what would likely be a lateral move at best, so stick with the one you have developed. He is a good goalie.

The Kings have several very good players who don't get their league wide fan respect due to being such a poor team over the past few seasons with very little national exposure.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Time to win now Kings fans. This move signals that.